Today in Johnson City History, Monday, August 18, 2025
A missing girl, Hill-Summers Chevrolet, a graduation and more
Today in Johnson City History, Monday, August 18, 2025
Friday, August 18, 1775: Two hundred and fifty years ago today, the following letter was sent; the original spellings and punctuations have been preserved.
“From the Massachusetts General Court
“Watertown, Mass., 18 August 1775
“May it please yr Excellency
“This Court have attentively consider’d your Letter of the 12th Inst. & acquiesce in the Method propos’d of paying of the

